English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 1541:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  He was angry with me _____ being treated nonchalantly?

  Options:
  A) on
  B) for
  C) of
  D) at
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1542: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Who suggested the abduction of a boy?

  Options:
  A) Talle
  B) Zaki
  C) John
  D) Boki
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1543:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Do you mind if i wait for the reply? I'd rather you _____ again tomorrow

  Options:
  A) called
  B) will call
  C) can call
  D) call
  E) were calling
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1544:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Match?

  Options:
  A) harsh
  B) batch
  C) such
  D) watch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1545:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Ijeoma counted her chickens before they were hatched. This means that Ijeoma

  Options:
  A) regarded each egg as a chicken
  B) hatched the egg prematurely
  C) assumed that her expectation had already been realized
  D) protected her eggs from breaking
  E) insured the eggs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1546:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):

  Wale Agun, in creating his characters, draws freely _____ his experience in life

  Options:
  A) by
  B) in
  C) on
  D) of
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1547:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get _____

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) lose
  C) lost
  D) lossing
  E) loosed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1548:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  He could not speak out because he had a feet of clay.

  Options:
  A) His feet was muddy
  B) He was weak and cowardly
  C) He was clumsy and lazy
  D) He was shy and timid
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1549:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  The stereotypical act in the book centres

  Options:
  A) terrorism
  B) religious intolerance
  C) food insecurity
  D) the lifestyle of a teenager
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1550:

  Although our aim is to nurture healthy children, Nigerian children are still subjected to severe physical and mental stress as they develop.

  So far our interest and activities have been to ensure their physical well-being through the reduction of high mortality and morbidity rates, still inadequate as this may be. But we need to examine from time to time the other needs of the Nigerian child which will ensure a totally healthy development.

  We are split between two cultures – our traditional and the Western, a relic of our colonial past. This also affects our child-rearing practices. Therefore, these practices must have a very important bearing on how the child is prepared for our world of today so that he fits into our disturbed cultural milieu.

  Different styles of child-rearing and education can produce different personalities in terms of motivation, aggressiveness, achievement and integration of the individual into the community socially and culturally. It is important that, while we struggle with the visible organic disease, we fix our gaze on the other important measures to attain this end – a healthy child.

  The process of social adjustment begins from the moment of birth. Many of our traditional birth practices ensure that the mother either carries or suckles her child immediately after birth. The baby therefore comes into close contact with the mother at this critical time.

  Moreover she is forced to stay indoors with the baby for varying periods of time. By this means, the attachment of the baby to the mother, so essential for the child’s ability to relate to her in future is secured.

  This crucial moment in the baby’s life is now being recognized in the Western countries, whilst birth practices in some hospital and maternity homes separate mother and child immediately after birth to the extent that their ability to develop a close relationship may be jeopardized.

  Our Nigerian child of today may, therefore, be worse off than that of yesterday. As we move towards the training of our traditional birth attendants with a view to incorporating them into our health services, healthy practices such as the one described above must be maintained and encouraged

  Since the training for social adjustment begins from the moment of birth, our traditional practices Options:
  A) are too uncivilized to be helpful to the child
  B) need to be mordenized
  C) are very helpful to the proper growth of the child
  D) make the child a stranger to modern civilization
  E) are the cause of underdevelopment
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  The correct answer is C .